The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-13
-,vo GOOD SOULS

Two GOOD souLa
..vtum Incidsat which Beads
o,hanr iEe Inspired Poetry.
r.~comb, Of Detroit. formerly
y Mary Haskell, OF TINS clty, DC.
,ay !" which has several branches.
VI cly ". an interesting report Of the
nat - The branch that has charge
d1 1ss, = ;tute orphan babies. Among
aes GIANTS connected with the baby
lns'I she states that lady called
a'esua' s ~ and asked il they had any
one NC. -. Sabies to spare Being in
'anuS hat there were several on
'fl'. .he selected q fine healthy boy.
49, !, ae'ssred to adopt him. When ask
~ ~ nth the necessary recommendations
~ ,sdv replied that she had already
~ . ..s; two children from this bureau.
a9 % aha thought they did not need any
~ ''s recommendations. She took
%v the baby. This was about three
Y. sro A few weeks since
~ came again, and inquired
...v had q pair Of twins to spare
400 little bits Of babies" she said.
I. ladies' Of the association informed
= that they. had no twins on hand.
= .sked what she wanted Of so many
..I.s. 10" said she. my husband
= sailor, but several years ago he
s.n,ht farm near here. and he loves
,.S sS never had any Of our own.
~ ~. last one we got here Is now q fine
=. y. II three years, and my husband
.:nts 4 very little and very young
|..hyn The kind ladies Of the institu-
En- s,r' Il once became interested in this
s s.d woman, who seemed to be as
s.nd II .Iittle bits Of babies as her
~ysole.souled sailor husband. They
. .l her about the three children she
lad I'D, already taken from the institution.
n. YOU want to see themp" she in.
,uired. Being told that they would be
i.uuy to see them, she said: They are
. n ant here in the carriage; but they
INST never know that they are adopted
,sildren." She brought them ina
h,utiful black eyed boy Of ten years;
: II ane, curly-headed, fiaxen-haired boy
4 six years, and rol'cking. happy.
:, girl Of three. They were
dressed in the best style, and as happy
q any three children in existence.
urhey are growing up 50 fast" said
heir kind-hearted "mamma''-''and
thew are 80 large that wc want two
little ones now-twins only a few days
3D." But there were no twins. Then
Twill take one little bit Of q baby"
aid the woman, and she began to look
orsr the nursery. Here" said one Of
tbs charitable ladies, ''is a fine. healthy
bow, five weeks old; you will admire
him." mo. not that one, but this poor
little baby that SO greatly needs kind
mothers care" said the good woman.
70 that one is sickly, and can
not live--you don't want
that one" replied the char.
table lady. Eyes. I want this one-l
feel that must take this one and care
for II while it lives--it shall have the
most careful nursing possible" said
the woman, and she took the little sick
baby and cared for it as the fondest Of
mothers would have cared for her own
offspring. It could not be saved. The
child died. It was put in a costly lit
To white casket and dressed in pure
white, with rich laces and white satin
slippers. In one Of its little pale hands
was choice rosebud, just peeping
from It's folds Of green leaves As II
ready to spring into sunlight and life.
On her grave, green-turfed. the
choicest flowers are laid fresh every
day; and the good woman never tires
in caring for the living babies. She is
looking for twins '1ittle bits Of
twins" too, and she has told the char.
table ladies' that her husband has just
bought forty acres more Of land near
the city, which are to be given to the
next two ''little bits" which they in
tend to find.
Kind.hearted men and women will
admire this loving mamma" and her
bg.souled sailor husband. who enjoy
the presence Of little babies and care
for them affectionately. Who can deny
that when the silken sails at the night
time watts them over to the further
shore, that they will find lovely babies
and congenial souls to greet them, and
that the little sick baby" who was on
earth so tenderly cared for, will. in its
new birth and bright growth, be among
the irst to welcome them to the land
where the flowers do not fade. and the
sunshine of health, progress and hap.
piness is never dimmed by a passing
cloud!--H Hartford (Con1.) Times.
A Hint to Med ical Men.
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